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Drawing: Marvellous marks
Painting and mixed media: Paint my world
Sculpture and 3D: Creation station
Craft and design: Let’s get crafty
Seasonal crafts
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Drawing: Exploring line and shape
Painting and mixed media: Colour splash
Sculpture and 3D: Paper play
Craft and design: Woven wonders
Year 2
Drawing: Understanding tone and texture
Painting and mixed media: Life in colour
Sculpture and 3D: Clay houses
Craft and design: Map it out
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Year 3
Drawing: Developing drawing skills
Painting and mixed media: Prehistoric painting
Sculpture and 3D: Abstract shape and space
Craft and design: Ancient Egyptian scrolls
Year 4
Drawing: Exploring tone, texture and proportion
Painting and mixed media: Light and dark
Sculpture and 3D: Mega materials
Craft and design: Fabric of nature
Year 5
Drawing: Depth, emotion and movement
Painting and mixed media: Portraits
Sculpture and 3D: Interactive installation
Craft and design: Architecture
Year 6
Drawing: Expressing ideas
Painting and mixed media: Artist study
Sculpture and 3D: Making memories
Craft and design: Photo opportunity
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Computing systems and networks 1: Using a computer
Programming 1: All about instructions
Computing systems and networks 2: Exploring hardware
Programming 2: Programming Bee-Bots
Data handling: Introduction to data
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Computing systems and networks: Improving mouse skills
Programming 1:
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Programming 1: Commands unplugged
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Programming 1: Algorithms unplugged
Skills showcase: Rocket to the moon
Programming 2: Bee-Bot
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Programming 2: Bee-Bots
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Programming 2: Digital Bee-Bots
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Programming 2: Bee-Bot
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Programming 2: Virtual Bee-Bot
Creating media: Digital imagery
Data handling: Introduction to data
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Computing systems and networks 1: What is a computer?
Programming 1: Algorithms and debugging
Computing systems and networks 2: Word processing
Programming 2: Introduction to block coding
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Option 1: Programming 2: MakeCode
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Option 2: ScratchJr
Creating media: Stop motion
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Creating media: Stop motion: Using tablets
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Creating media: Stop motion: Using desktops/laptops
Data handling: International Space Station
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Programming: Scratch
Computing systems and networks 1: Networks
Computing systems and networks 2: Emailing
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Microsoft Office 365: Computing systems and networks 2: Emailing
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Google: Computing systems and networks 2: Emailing
Computing systems and networks 3: Journey inside a computer
Creating media: Video trailers (Previously called ‘Digital literacy’)
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Video trailers – Option 1: Using devices other than iPads
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Video trailers – Option 2: Using iPads
Data handling: Comparison cards databases
Online safety: Year 3
Year 4
Programming 1: Further coding with Scratch
Computing systems and networks: Collaborative learning
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Microsoft Office 365: Computing systems and networks: Collaborative learning
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Google: Computing systems and networks: Collaborative learning
Creating media: Website design
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Microsoft Office 365: Creating media: Website design
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Google: Creating media: Website design
Skills showcase: HTML
Programming 2: Computational thinking
Data handling: Investigating weather
Online safety: Year 4
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Computing systems and networks: Search engines
Programming 1: Music
Data handling: Mars Rover 1
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Programming 2: BBC micro:bit
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Programming 2: BBC micro:bit
Creating media: Stop motion animation
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Stop-motion animation – Option 1: Stop Motion Studio
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Stop-motion animation – Option 2: with cameras
Skills showcase: Mars Rover 2
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Computing systems and networks: Bletchley Park and the history of computers
Computing systems and networks: Exploring AI
Data handling 1: Big Data 1
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Programming: Exploring Python
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Intro to Python
Data handling 2: Big Data 2
Skills showcase: Inventing a product
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Structures: Junk modelling
Cooking and nutrition: Soup
Textiles: Bookmarks
Structures: Boats
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Mechanisms
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Mechanisms: Matching slider game
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Mechanisms: Making a moving storybook
Structures: Stable structures
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Textiles: Simple stitches
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Textiles: Puppets
Mechanisms: Wheels and axles
Cooking and nutrition: Smoothies
Year 2
Mechanisms: Fairground wheel
Cooking and nutrition: Balanced diet
Mechanisms
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Mechanisms: Levers
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Mechanisms: Making a moving monster
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Structures: A chair for a bear
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Structures: Baby Bear’s chair
Textiles: Pouches
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Textiles: Cross-stitch and appliqué
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Textiles: Egyptian collars
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Textiles: Cushions
Electrical systems: Electric poster
Mechanical systems: Pneumatic toys
Digital world: Wearable technology
Cooking and nutrition: Eating seasonally
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Structures: Product packaging
Option 2
Structures: Constructing a castle
Year 4
Electrical systems: Torches
Mechanical systems: Mechanical cars
Digital world: Mindful moments timer
Cooking and nutrition: Adapting a recipe
Structures
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Structures: Helmets
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Structure: Pavilions
Textiles: Fastenings
Year 5
Cooking and nutrition: Developing a recipe
Mechanical systems: Gears and pulleys
Digital world: Monitoring devices
Structure: Bridges
Textiles: Stuffed toys
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Electrical systems: Wobble bots
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Electrical systems: Doodlers
Year 6
Digital world: Navigating the world
Cooking and nutrition: Come dine with me
Structures
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Structures: Playground pioneers
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Structures: Playgrounds
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Textiles: Bags
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Textiles: Waistcoats
Electrical systems: Steady hand game
Mechanical systems: Automata toys
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Year 3
Unit 1: French greetings with puppets
Unit 2: French adjectives of colour, size and shape
Unit 3: French playground games – numbers and age
Unit 4: In a French classroom
Unit 5: French transport
Unit 6: A circle of life in French
Year 4
Unit 1: Portraits – describing in French
Unit 2: Clothes – getting dressed in France
Unit 3: French numbers, calendars and birthdays
Unit 4: French weather and the water cycle
Unit 5: French food – Miam, miam !
Unit 6: French and the Eurovision Song Contest
Year 5
Unit 1: French monster pets
Unit 2: Space exploration – in French
Unit 3: Shopping in France
Unit 4: French-speaking world
Unit 5: Verbs in a French week
Unit 6: Meet my French family
Year 6
Unit 1: French sport and the Olympics
Unit 2: French football champions
Unit 3: In my French house
Unit 4: Planning a French holiday
Unit 5: Visiting a town in France
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What is it like here?
What is the weather like in the UK?
What is it like to live in Shanghai?
Year 2
Would you prefer to live in a hot or cold place?
Why is our world wonderful?
What is it like to live by the coast?
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Why do people live near volcanoes?
Who lives in Antarctica?
Are all settlements the same?
Year 4
Why are rainforests important to us?
Where does our food come from?
What are rivers and how are they used?
Year 5
What is life like in the Alps?
Why do oceans matter?
Would you like to live in the desert?
Year 6
Why does population change?
Where does our energy come from?
Can I carry out an independent fieldwork enquiry?
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Peek into the past
Adventures through time
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How am I making history?
How have toys changed?
How have explorers changed the world?
Year 2
How was school different in the past?
How did we learn to fly?
What is a monarch?